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| One of Price's original Droodles serves as the cover art for Frank Zappa's 1982 album. |
Droodles was a syndicated cartoon feature created by
Roger Price and collected in his 1953 book
Droodles. The trademarked name "Droodle" is a nonsense word suggesting "doodle", "drawing" and "riddle."
Their general form is minimal: a square box containing a few abstract pictorial elements with a caption (or several) giving a humorous explanation of the picture's subject.
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| Mexican riding a bicycle |
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| A smartly dressed elevator. |
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| Four elephants sniffing an orange. |
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| Someone playing a trombone in a telephone box. |
